Keyboard shortcuts are special keys (such as F1 and ESC) that you use either alone or in combination with SHIFT, CTRL, or CTRL+SHIFT. These keyboard shortcuts enable you to access various types of help and execute certain menu commands.

The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts in Accounting CS.

Shortcut keys

Accessing help

CTRL+Y

Open our Help & How-To Center

F1 or CTRL+F1

View help for current screen or dialog

CTRL+P

Print the help topic currently open in your browser

Shortcut keys

Navigating and special functions

ALT+F1

Toggle to hide or unhide the Navigation frame

CTRL+G

Open the Actions > View Account Activity dialog

CTRL+I

Calculate the net income or loss and display the results in the View Net Income/Loss dialog

←

Within a field, move one character to the left
Within a grid, move one cell to the left

→

Within a field, move one character to the right
Within a grid, move one cell to the right

↑

Within a date field, increment the date by one day
Within a grid, move up one row

↓

Within a date field, decrement the date by one day
Within a grid, move down one row

CTRL+←

Move to beginning of field

CTRL+→

Move to end of field

CTRL++

Within a date field, increment the date by one day

CTRL+–

Within a date field, decrement the date by one day

PAGE UP

Within a grid, move to the first row
Within a setup screen or the Enter Transactions screen, save the current record, remain in Edit mode, and move up one record

PAGE DOWN

Within a grid, move to the last row
Within a setup screen or the Enter Transactions screen, save the current record, remain in Edit mode, and move down one record (or, if in Add mode, open a new record)

TAB

Move to the next field in the screen

SHIFT+TAB

Move to the previous field in the screen

CTRL+TAB

Move to the next tab within a tabbed view

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Move to the previous tab within a tabbed view

F2

When navigating and editing content in a grid, toggle between Navigation mode (to move between fields in the grid) and Cell Edit mode (to place the cursor at the end of the text within a cell)

F4

Open a calendar in a date field, open a calculator in an amount field, or open a drop-down list in a selected field